Welcome to the website of The PG Wodehouse Society (UK). PG Wodehouse is widely regarded as the greatest comic author of the 20th century. Hilaire Belloc, no less, called him ‘the head of my profession’. This high respect from his peers, past and present, is principally for his supreme command of the English language.

Wodehouse wrote more than 70 novels and 200 short stories, creating numerous much-loved characters - the inimitable Jeeves and Wooster, Lord Emsworth and his beloved Empress of Blandings, Mr Mulliner, Ukridge, and Psmith. His humorous articles were published in more than 80 magazines, including Punch, over six decades. Oh, and he was also a highly successful musical lyricist.

The Society celebrates the life and works of this multi-talented man in numerous ways, including a much praised quarterly journal, regular events, meetings and excursions, and close liaison with Random House, his publishers.

We hope you will find everything you need on the pages of this website, which includes:

● a membership application form (click here), should you wish to join this flourishing society of around a thousand members;

● up-to-date news of Society activities;

● answers to questions about Plum, his life, his books;

and much more.

Take your time, linger a while, and you may discover something completely unexpected. We hope you will visit us regularly, so till next time, in the words of Bertram Wooster Esq. – pip, pip.

What Ho!

For a message from our President, click here. Alexander Armstrong tells how he was introduced to PGW by his father round a winter's fireside (first printed in Wooster Sauce in March 2017)

For a message from our Society patron, HRH The Duke Of Kent, click here.

What Ho! Jeeves: Joy in the Morning

Emsworth Museum

The Emsworth Museum, which has a permanent exhibition marking Plum’s connection to the town, reopens from March 31 to November 11, 2018. It is open on Saturdays and Bank Holidays, 10.30 - 16.30 and on Sundays 14.30 - 16.30. It is also open on April 23 (St George’s Day) 10.00 - 14.00, April 28, 29 and May 5, 7 10.30 - 16.30 and all Fridays in August 14.30 - 16.30. Further details are here.

Gift membership

Membership of the Society makes a present that cannot fail to bring a smile of gratitude from the recipient. Who do you love enough to give it? Details here.

Future event highlights

Remembering our Remembrancer

Memories of Norman Murphy, from those who knew him, continue to accumulate (see the latest here). And for an account of a Society evening of understandably mixed emotions on February 15th 2017 when friends and members met to exchange their fondest memories of our Founding Chairman, click here.

Pick Me Ups

On 16 November Random House published four books of Wodehouse short stories. More details here.

The India Connection

Our Tony Ring recently took part in a discussion at the BL-Jaipur Festival about the seemingly endless popularity of Plum in India (click here to watch).

Podcast

Click here for more information about a podcast on Hong Kong radio by one of our members, Patricia O’Sullivan, about Plum’s father Henry Ernest Wodehouse.